International Incidents Include School Stabbing, Migrant Tragedy, Data Breaches, Detention, and Satellite Espionage
A series of unrelated international incidents unfolded on Tuesday and Wednesday, ranging from a school stabbing in France to a deadly maritime collision in Greece and data breaches affecting U.S. universities, according to multiple news sources.
In Sanary-sur-Mer, France, a 60-year-old art teacher was stabbed multiple times by a 14-year-old student at La Guicharde secondary school on Tuesday around 2 p.m., Euronews reported. The teacher was attacked in front of approximately 20 students during class. Education Minister Édouard Geffray said on Wednesday morning that the teacher was in stable but "very worrying" condition after undergoing surgery. The student used a 10-centimeter Opinel knife in the attack.
Off the coast of Chios, Greece, a collision between a Greek coast guard vessel and a speedboat carrying migrants resulted in the deaths of at least 15 people on Tuesday night, Euronews reported. Twenty-five people were rescued, with 24, including 11 children, hospitalized on the eastern Aegean island near Turkey. One of the rescued individuals later died. Two coast guard officers sustained minor injuries. The number of people on the speedboat remains unclear.
Data breaches at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) were claimed by the hacking group ShinyHunters, TechCrunch reported on Wednesday. The group published what it claimed were more than one million records from each university on its dedicated leak site. UPenn confirmed a data breach in November affecting information systems related to development and alumni activities. The university attributed the breach to social engineering, where hackers impersonated individuals to trick victims. The hackers also reportedly sent alumni emails announcing the hack from official university addresses.
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter at The Verge, reported being detained by federal agents. Del Valle, who covers surveillance, the Department of Homeland Security, and the tech-right, said the detention occurred in late 2025 amidst increased ICE activity in the Twin Cities. Del Valle spent 10 hours in a federal building. According to Del Valle, the increased ICE activity followed fraud allegations made by a right-wing influencer. "In January alone, two American citizens were killed while documenting ICE operations," Del Valle wrote.
European security officials believe Russian space vehicles have intercepted communications from at least a dozen key European satellites, Ars Technica reported. These interceptions, which have not been previously reported, could compromise sensitive information and potentially allow Moscow to manipulate satellite trajectories or cause them to crash. Military and civilian space officials have observed increased shadowing of European satellites by Russian space vehicles over the past three years, coinciding with heightened tensions between the Kremlin and the West following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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